School News

• Schools to fully close for February half-term, but staff needed for contact tracing January 26, 2021
  Schools will fully close over the February half term, the government has confirmed today, but staff will be on call for contact tracing. In an email to schools today, seen by Schools Week, the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed schools will “close as usual” during next month’s half-term. Where schools can, staff assuming responsibility for… […]
• Reopening schools: Announcements coming ‘in next few days’ as minister remains tight-lipped January 26, 2021
  The government will make announcements on reopening schools “in the next few days”, the schools minister has said. However, Nick Gibb gave no indication of whether the upcoming announcements would include a firm date for schools to reopen, or details of any phased approach the government may take. We want to give two weeks’ notice… […]
• Promised laptops may take another 6 weeks to be delivered, new figures suggest January 26, 2021
  Poorer pupils face waiting up to six weeks for the government to provide all of the laptops it has promised after the pace of delivery appears to have to slowed down. According to data released by the Department for Education (DfE) today, 876,013 of the 1.3 million devices pledged by the government had been dispatched… […]